Monetizing: Virtual Goods venture capital 2009
Explanation of a bunch of virtual goods products and services companies, monetizing social media and social network activity, as a revenue stream or business model for online communities.
Monetization: Facebook Revenue and Business Model
2009 July – Facebook to make $550 million this year. Various revenue streams and business models of Facebook and MySpace including virtual gifts.
Social Media Monetization: Craigslist hits $100m
Establishing revenue and monetization from free social media sites – Craigslist is hitting $100 million this year. Online Communities and Social Networks may yet show Rupert Murdoch a thing or two. Including the new rivers of gold?
Ripple: Social Network Influencers
While you are reading the presentation outline below I’d like you to think about the Twitter change today. Today Twitter turned off “see replies to those I’m not following”. Therefore if I’m (@SilkCharm) having a conversation with @garyphayes, and you follow me but not him, you used to see my conversation, even though it’s “one…
KFC Potholes and Social Network Spotlights
Kentucky Fried Chicken offer to fix potholes in exchange for graffiti – err sorry – advertising on the hole covers. From The Chicago Tribune: Colonel Sanders look-alike Bob Thompson helps a repair crew in Louisville “re-fresh” one of the estimated 350 million potholes nationwide. (KFC Corporation photo/ March 24, 2009) There is a danger on…
Ad:Tech Sydney – Twitter presentation
Before the whole shmozzle starts, I thought I’d put the “social media assets” up online (video to youtube, Powerpoint to slideshare and so on). Easier to retweet if you want. The Powerpoint presentation Twitter for Business and AdTech Sydney View more presentations from Laurel Papworth. (tags: atsyd adtech) The video I’ll edit this post later…
Social Networks: Ad Spend to reach $2b in 2010
Just a quick note on a prediction regarding Advertising revenue and online communities: An old article via Marketing Vox but worth watching to see how close they get next year: Ad Spend on Social Networks to Reach $2B in 2010 Ad spending on U.S. social-networking sites in 2007 is expected to reach $865 million, up…
Australia DISloyalty: Qantas deleting points
Qantas deleting frequent flyer points – choose or lose. Oh look, is there a loyalty program out there that doesn’t treat you like you are a nuisance? It’s almost as though the points are rewards but “carrots” to be dangled in front of our noses. Don’t know why, but most loyalty programs cause me to…
Revenue: Events in Social Networks
Want to know where money will come from, when everything is free? Well, one area is real time events. Synchronous (happening now, not delayed) means you are either there or you miss out. No place shifting, time shifting, format shifting. So events become important. Sort of the opposite of a few years ago when concerts…
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